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The photo shows the house of Isaak Doerksen in Bergfeld. The log framed house has a thatched roof and wrap around veranda. A group of men are gathered around a wagon next to the house.

The photo shows several people working in the field of cotton in Hoffnungsfeld.

The photo shows the harvesting of peanuts in Hoffnungsfeld. The peanuts are being loaded onto a wagon pulled by a team of oxen. Several people are gathering the peanut plants and passing them to the man on the wagon responsible for loading. The field is surrounded by log and barbed wire fencing.

The photo shows a garden structure in Hoffnungsfeld. This structure, which is also pictured in BK5-236, is made of wooden poles and branches.

The photo shows a man standing beside the monument of the first delegation of settlers in 1921 at Hoffnungsfeld. [The initials A E appear to be carved into the monument.?] The surrounding area is scrub vegetation with the Chaco bush in the background.

The photo shows the dirt road western entrance to the plantation at Hoffnungsfeld, with the Chaco bush in the background.

The photo shows two indigenous men transporting poles on a primitive cart with wooden wheels across grassland at Hoffnungsfeld. The bush is in the background.

The photo shows a man holding a peanut plant and standing between rows on a parcel of land producing peanuts. The area is surrounded by a barbed wire fence beyond which is the Chaco bush.

The picture shows two indigenous men cleaning Quebracho tree trunks in Hoffnungsfeld. A third man appears to be working on a plank beside the warehouse which burned in January 1929. This area is surrounded by the Chaco bush.

The photo shows the Hoffnungsfeld cemetery surrounded by a barbed wire fence. In the cemetery are rows of mounded soil indicating burials. One grave has a tombstone. The cemetery is surrounded by grass and the Chaco bush in the distance.

The photo shows a man standing in front of 12-15 foot high sorghum in Hoffnungsfeld. This variety was used for forage.

The photo shows trial plots of potatoes in the nursery garden in Hoffnungsfeld. This is taken from the same viewpoint as BK1-009. A barbed wire fence surrounds the garden and beyond is grassland and Chaco bush.

The photo shows the first house of Mrs. Bergen, a widow, in Bergthal. The walls appear to be made of clay, the roof corrugated metal sheets. There is a tent like structure attached to one end of the house and it appears as if a child is standing under the veranda. A system for collecting rainwater from the roof is set up near the veranda. The yard has a fenced in area in the background and a pile of logs and a primitive plow can be seen.

The photo shows Abraham Bergen and his 62 pound pumpkin in what appears to be a field of "Sudan" grass in Bergthal. There are two children with him; one is sitting on the pumpkin.

The photo shows Peter Funk and his wife Helena with their children Margareta, Helena, Katharina and Peter standing in the middle of a cotton field in Bergthal.